{"product_id":"awakened-by-the-guardian-a-novella-9781644578414","title":"Awakened by the Guardian: a Novella","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eShe's convinced she's broken. He's about to prove otherwise.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMargaret Taylor has spent years believing something is wrong with her-asexual in a world obsessed with desire, she's used her best friend, Gary Baldner, as a shield against every man who wanted more than she could give. But when Gary shifts into a grizzly for the first time, her carefully controlled world shatters. The man she's secretly loved for two years is now something neither of them understands.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGary built his fortune from a wheelchair and mastered his paralysis through patience and control. Becoming a bear changes everything-including giving him a body that finally, fully works. But an obsessed colleague-turned-monster is hunting Margaret through Detroit's plague-ridden streets, and Gary's grizzly instincts won't let him leave her unprotected, even if it means staying in fur far longer than anyone thinks safe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSurviving means Margaret must face what she's always feared feeling. Gary must master a body that responds to her as nothing ever has. And when the blazing connection between them refuses to be denied, they discover that love doesn't require a body-or a heart-to work the way anyone expects.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShe needs courage. He needs her heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTogether, they'll discover that love is the fiercest transformation of all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright 2018 Katherine Grill; 2026 Greyle Entertainment, LLC \u003cstrong\u003eOriginally published as Bad Ass Bear\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Epublishing Works!\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/11\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781644578414\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.46lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.34d","brand":"Kathy Lyons","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53024810729653,"sku":"9781644578414","price":12.74,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/9781644578414.jpg?v=1787668009","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/awakened-by-the-guardian-a-novella-9781644578414","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}